Today’s Talent Pools
Legora, a collaborative AI platform for lawyers, raised $50M in Series D extension funding, bringing its total to $600M at a $5.6B post-money valuation. New backers include Atlassian, NVentures, Airtree, Barclays, Geodesic, Insight, Liberty Global, and Nikesh Arora.
Arvid Lagerqvist in Sweden (Co-Founder & CTO @ Favora)
Role: 1st FTE & Founding SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)
Description: “Redefining how you discover and shop fashion”
Funding: “Backed by operators and investors at OpenAI, CRV, Node.vc, and Wave Ventures.”
Contact: [email protected]
Gustav Bang in Denmark (Co-Founder & CEO @ Complir)
Role: Head of Denmark @ Legora (<1 yr)
Description: “AI for physical products”
Contact: [email protected]
Michelle Cotter in Stockholm (Stealth)
Role: Director of Engagement @ Legora (<1 yr)
Other Experience: GM of Nordics @ Revolut, Principal AE & Team Lead @ HubSpot
Description: Stealth since 1/26
Jakub Makowski in London (Stealth)
Role: Head of UK @ Legora (<1 yr)
Other Experience: Head of Special Projects @ Lawhive, Founder’s Associate @ Robin AI, King’s College London Law
Description: “Working on a pre-seed legal/regulatory product in stealth.”
Arslan Ali in SF (Co-Founder @ Olostep)
Role: SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)
Other Experience: CSWE @ Sameday (YC W23), Stanford BS CS
Description: “Get clean data for your AI from any website and automate your web workflows”
Funding: Backed by Afore
Cole Bittel in Copenhagen (Founder @ Walt)
Role: 1st Platform Engineer @ Legora (<1 yr)
Description: "Private tap-to-pay alternative to Google Wallet / Apple Pay for Europe"
Rasmus Risberg in Stockholm (Potential Founder)
Role: SWE @ Legora (1 yr)
Other Experience: KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Description: Left Legora 12/24
Mikkel Alvegg-Langhelle in Sweden (Potential Founder)
Role: SWE @ Legora (<1 yr)
Other Experience: Co-Founder & CTO @ Nemoest, University of Oslo BS Informatics
Description: Left Legora 8/25
Skio, the YC S20 subscription payments startup solo-founded by Kennan Frost, was acquired by Recharge for $105M in cash. The company had raised only $8M and was at $32M ARR processing $4B+ in payments at the time of sale.
Kennan Frost in NYC (Founder @ Icon) - Series A Lead
Role: Founder @ Skio (5 yrs)
Other Experience: Engineer @ Pinterest, Columbia BS
Description: "The Human Admaker"
Funding: Backed by Founders Fund
Luis Del Giudice in Dominican Republic (Potential Founder)
Role: Founding Engineer @ Skio (1 yr)
Other Experience: MTS @ xAI, Co-Founder & CEO @ Zami (bootstrapped to $1M monthly volume), Tech Lead @ FTX, 1st FTE @ Pinwheel ($84M from GGV, Coatue, First Round Capital, Upfront Ventures)
Description: Left xAI 2025
Contact: [email protected]
Standard Intelligence, a recently founded San Francisco startup that develops AI models designed to learn and explore like humans, raised a $75 million round from Sequoia and Spark Capital at a $500 million post-money valuation.
Nicholas Charette in Texas (Student)
Role: MTS @ Standard Intelligence (1.5 yrs)
Other Experience: Stanford BS Mathematics (class of '29)
Description: Left Standard Intelligence 9/25
